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WWI, Princess Mary 1914 Christmas gift tin, with details of purchase and description; together with framed VC picture, cards from W.D. & H.O Wills of various military medals on satin including a VC card; Anzac Day 1918 medalet, Gallipoli 75th anniversary booklet from Gallipoli and memorial dawn service at Anzac Cove; The Victoria Cross as portrayed in colour and reproduced in 1975 from the original set of 1887; Queen Victoria jubilee medal in the shape of a Victoria Cross; Hendley Bowls Measure model B; and various publications on Anzac Day ceremony; a replica Victoria Cross and ribbon and a 1939-1945 War Medal with ribbon. Fine or better. (lot)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
King's Silver War badge, reverse inscribed A19652; War Widows' Guild badge, in sterling silver, reverse numbered 3411; National Emergency Service New South Wales badge, unofficially painted; Victory medal 1919 (school children issue); Sydney Legacy Widows Club badge named 'Q.V. Balkwill'; R.A.N.C.B. Life member tie bar badge; Visit of HRH The Prince of Wales to Australia, 1920, in gilt (25mm) (C.1920/11); also Australia florin dated 1943S made into a heart with suspension loop (WWII sweetheart pendant?). Fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
Australia, WWI Returned from Active Service badges (AIF) (3, two missing lugs and the other repaired); WWII Returned from Active Service badges (5); WWII General Service badges (type 2) (4). Good - extremely fine. (12)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Australia, WWII, Mothers and Widows badge with three stars, No.A17793. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Australia, Female Relative badge WWII, one star, reverse numbered A.28845; Gallipoli Legion Club Member lapel badge (KC), reverse numbered 355; Air Force Association lapel badge (KC), reverse numbered M1724; RSL club member lapel badges, three figure type, both KC one with QC81 overlay; NSW RSL Club tie bar; Legacy $5 badge; Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund appeal day tinnie; Victory Medal 1945 (school children issue); Imperial Germany, Prussian Hohenzollern campaign Medal 1848-1849 miniature medal (no ribbon); various buttons (5); RSL and Legion Club membership badges, 1969-1981 period (18, different); RAN Snapper Island lapel badge. Very good - extremely fine. (34)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
RAN, Petty Officer hat badge (QC) in bullion embroidered; another in gilt metal (KC) (missing securing lug); Petty Officer gilt metal collar badges (QC) (2); Petty Officer Class 1 metal attachment (QC); Australia navy gilt buttons (QC) by Stokes & Sons (12, as new); Queensland State Emergency Service lapel badges (3). Very fine - uncirculated. (20)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
Military hat badges, all but one in metal, noted Great Britain, Connaught Rangers, Signals, Engineers, ASC (2, one in plastic), Middlesex Regt, Lancashire Fusiliers, Inns of Court Regt (EIIR), West Riding Regt, Argyll and Sutherland (missing lugs), also helmet plate (EIIR ) for Middlesex Regt (missing one prong for holding centre plate in place); New Zealand, includes Ordnance Corps, Signals, 12 & XIII (Nelson, Marlborough & West Coast) Regt (KC), Cadet Corps (QC); Malaya, General Service Corps; Bandsman qualification badges (KC) (2); also Great Britain, GPO (General Post Office) hat badge (KC) numbered 60 at front. Fine - very fine. (19)
Estimate $130
SOLD $80
Australia, WWI-1953, Rising Sun hat badges (3), collar badges (12). Fine - very fine. (15)
Estimate $200
Passed in
Australia, Rising Sun hat badge and collar badge (both KC); Australia blackened bronze shoulder title; British Army WWII, Auxiliary Territorial Service hat badge in brass; US Army WWII, officer's hat badge; Battle Veterans lapel badge (KC); RAEME lapel badge (QC); Legacy $50 lapel badge; trench art, .303 shell casing with nib fitted for use as a writing pen, stamped K-15 and VII for George Kynoch, England (1915); magnifying glass, fold-out from oval brass case. Very good - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Australia, Rising Sun collar badges (KC) (8, seven in oxidised bronze and one in gilt); also Air Force LAC (Leading Aircraftman) metal arm sleeve badge (WWII), in blackened bronze with backing plate. Very fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $50
Passed in
St Pius College Chatswood Senior Cadets, Rising Sun hat badge in brass (47x32mm) (Cossum RS68), by A.J.Parkes, Brisbane, sample without lugs fitted. Toned, otherwise nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Australia, WWI, 3rd Field Artillery (Army) Brigade, original colour patches by different makers. One lightly glued to card in one part, otherwise good very fine, the other on felt backing cloth, extremely fine and scarce. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Australia, WWII Army colour patches, a good variety and all different, includes five T patches for units that served in Tobruk and two miniature patches. A few with small moth holes, otherwise very fine. (24)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Australia, RAAF pilot's wings sweetheart brooch in gilt and enamel (KC), c1940; 20 Bn 11 Bde enamel colour patch lapel badge; The Gallipoli Star lapel badge; souvenir El Alamein Egypt 1942 keyring with medallion featuring a (Tobruk) Rat, marked El Alamein Bazar, presented to members of 9 Div 2AIF who visited Egypt c2005; other rank, title and insignia badges and buttons, mostly modern issues (14). Fine - uncirculated. (18)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
National Rifle Association of New South Wales, Newcastle Tramway Institute Rifle Club medal to R.Staples/P.Staples 1929 (30mm); Falkland Islands, Elizabeth II, 'With the Compliments of 365' Islands Company 365, aluminium (32mm); Japan, U.S. Naval Base Yokosuka, Yokohama juke box token; Vietnam, military canteen token, U.S. Naval Support, Danang, ten cents in trade; another, United Seamans Service; another, 101st A.B.N. Division, 25 cents; Australian Defence Canteens (A.D.F.C.) bottle token, one penny. Fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $80
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NSW Govt Railways, 'Defence Personnel in Uniform Only' fortnightly ticket, second class, fare 3/- No.22341 expires 22.4.1943, between Otford, Campbelltown, Kenny Hill, Penrith, Richmond and Cowan; Williambong Shire Patriotic and War Fund ticket No. 3560, authorised at Leeton, NSW. Fine - very fine, the first rare. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Australian Staff Corps Mess A.H.Q., c1950, Mess chits for threepence and one penny. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $120
Passed in
New Zealand Military Forces, 4th NAR, receipts for the return of trainee's equipment, dated at Waitangi, 30-7-42, R No. 437756, 437814 for 1/20/3237 H.McGowan. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
The Navy List, containing the Officers on the Active List of the Royal Navy, April 1928 (475pp+); The Navy List, containing List of Ships, Establishments, and Officers of the Fleet, August 1938 (807pp+), April 1945 Volume II (902-2150pp), Volume III (2151-3476pp), 1956 (unnumbered, approx 600pp); The Navy List of Retired Officers, together with the Emergency List, 1954 (532pp). A few with repairs to cover and a few with a small square cut from right bottom corner of front page, otherwise fine. (6)
Estimate $90
SOLD $60
Honours and Awards, Army, Navy and Air Force 1914-1920, by J.B.Hayward & Son, 1979, 947pp (Army 653, Navy 227, Air Force 67), hard cover (130x198cmm); Australian Jewry's Book of Honour World War II, edited by Gerald Pynt, 1973, 225pp, hard cover with dust jacket (158x235mm); No Need For Heroes, The Original Tunnel Rats, by Sandy MacGregor, 1993, 266pp, soft cover (140x215mm); Anzacs in Arkhangel, the untold story of Australia and the invasion of Russia 1918-19 by Michael Challinger, 2010, 285pp, soft cover (152x233mm). Good very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Hougoument, The Key to Victory at Waterloo, by Julian Paget and Derek Saunders, 1st edition 1992, hardcover (13.5x20.5cm) with dust jacket, 108pp with b&w photos and illustrations; British Battles & Medals, by E.C.Joslin, A.R.Litherland & B.T.Simpkin, 1st edition 1988, hardcover (24x31cm) with dust jacket, 299pp with b&w photos; Russian and Soviet Military Awards by V.A.Durov, 1989, softcover (19.2x24.5cm), 103pp with colour and b&w photos, Russian and English text. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
ANZAC Memorial, Alfred George Stephens (editor), published by The Returned Soldiers Association, Sydney, 25 April 1917, second edition 1916, board cover, 512pp with 13 vignette illustrations and 49pp of illustrations, 9 small maps, and a 214pp Roll of Honour of Soldiers & Sailors, Officers and Men of the AN&MEF and AIF, who Died on Service and Missing from August 4th, 1914 to February 8th, 1917 including casualties prior to embarkation and casualties subsequent to embarkation but prior to hostilities in the Dardanelles. Book title printing faded on spine, the first few pages fragile at spine, also some paper loss at edges to first few pages, names written on back cover, one page with crease done during publication and some other pages with corner creases, a few spots of foxing but overall a good specimen of this very scarce book.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Gallipoli The Incredible Campaign, by Tim Swifte, 1985, softcover (20.2x27.5cm), 130pp, b&w photos and map; The Anzac Tradition Between the Lines, softcover (21x29.7cm), 55pp, an Australia Post publication with colour and b&w photos and separate fold-out map and set of stamps; The Australian Army in Profile 2000, published 2001 by Directorate of Public Affairs - Army, softcover (21x30cm), 160pp, coloured photos throughout; Australian War Memorial, 1983 edition, softcover (21.5x27.8cm), 24pp, featuring coloured photos of some of the AWM collection; ACEH The Australian Defence Force's Tsunami Relief Mission, compiled by Guillaume Louys, 1st edition 2005, hardcover (25.8x28.8cm) with inscription on fly page, 232pp, a coloured photographic record by the RAN; Australia's Naval Heritage, The Destroyers, Their Battles and Their Badges, by Vic Cassells, 1st edition 2000, hardcover (22x29cm) with dust jacket, 250pp with colour and b&w photos and illustrations throughout; A few books with light foxing, otherwise fine - nearly uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $80
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The Heroes, Daring Raiders of the Pacific War, by Ronald McKie, 1989 edition, softcover (11.1x18cm), 235pp, the story of WWII Operations Jaywick and Rimau by Z Special Unit; Blood on Borneo, by Jack Wong Sue DCM, JP, AKR13, revised edition 2002, softcover (14.8x21cm), 368pp; Sandakan Under Nippon, The Last March, by Don Wall, 1st edition 1988, hard cover (17x25.2cm), 193pp, with Honour Roll of B Force, E Force and other POWs; It Is With Deep Regret That I Have To Inform You... The First Australian Prisoners of War to Return from Camps in Japan, Manila to Mascot 15 September 1945, by Tony James, 1st edition 1997, softcover 21x29.8cm), 33pp. Very fine - good extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $70
Passed in
A Dictionary of Australian Military History, From Colonial Times to The Gulf War, by Ian Grant, 1st edition 1992, hard cover (14.5x22cm) with dust jacket, 414pp. Duntroon The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-2001, by Darren Moore, 1st edition 2001, hard cover (18.2x25.4cm) with dust jacket, 608pp with b&w photos, List of King's/Queen's Medal Winners, Full-Time General Service Officer Nominal Roll 1911-2001 and other lists; RMC Graduation Ceremony programmes for December 1989, December 1996, June 1997 and December 2000. The last with foxing along top edge, otherwise good very fine, the second as new, the programmes very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $120
World War II Illustrated, Sir John Hanimerton, issues 212-9, 221, 3-6, 254-5. Very good. (15)
Estimate $60
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Marshalls and Fleet Admirals of the USSR, by A.Kutssenko, 2001, hard cover, 375pp, copy no.603/6, print run of only 1,000, includes information on awards of all Soviet Marshalls and Admirals with many photos, text in Russian. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
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Javanese Keris blade, 1890-1910, with straight 39cm blade, forged from iron and nickel to show a pattern when forged, the 'Ganja' at the top of the blade is a similar pattern, wooden hilt is done in Javanese style, the wooden sheath 'Wrangka Gajaman' is in formal style, with four metal bands around the sheath which are embossed ornately. Fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Gold nugget, natural (51.6g). Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,550
SOLD $2,500
Gold nugget, natural (35.2g). Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,050
SOLD $1,600